ROBERTO DI MATTEO is poised to gamble on Chelsea’s Champions League campaign tonight by dropping £80millon worth of talent in Fernando Torres and Eden Hazard for their crunch clash with Juventus.

The Chelsea manager is pondering whether to go for a more cautious line-up to seal qualification to the knockout stages.

Torres was taken off after 62 minutes following another limp display in Chelsea’s 2-1 loss at West Brom on Saturday – leaving the Blues with just two wins from their past seven games.

Torres has scored six goals in 18 games this season, but only one in his past seven.

Equally of concern, Chelsea have let in 18 goals in their past nine games and Di Matteo is set to alter the shape of his previously attacking line-up tonight for the first time this season.

But if he suffers another loss, which will leave their Champions League hopes in tatters, and that is followed by defeat against Manchester City in the league on Sunday, the pressure on Di Matteo will be at breaking point.

The players need to have belief in themselves. That’s the most important aspect

Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo

He said: “The players need to have belief in themselves. That’s the most important aspect.

“We work together and we’re all in it together and believe we have a good group, a good team and are pulling together.

“We believe we can get a positive result.

“We owe ourselves a good performance after Saturday. But we’ve proven many times before that, when it matters, our players can be counted on. Everyone is fully committed.

“My intention is to create as many problems as possible for Juve. We know the importance of this game. Motivation is going to be very high.

“It is important we understand that and show the commitment that’s necessary.”

Ashley Cole will return to the team after injury tonight and Di Matteo will also bring back Branislav Ivanovic, Oscar, Juan Mata and Ramires.